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The day the Hindenburg blew up....
The day the Hindenburg blew up....
Item # 698587
May 06, 1937
NEW YORK WORLD TELEGRAM, May 6, 1937
* LZ 129 Hindenburg
* Pride of Nazi Germany
* Famous trip to America
* Day of the disaster
The front page has a very interesting--and uncommon--report of the Hindenburg flying over New York City just hours before its fateful end.
This newspaper was an unusual late afternoon-early evening NYC publication causing some events to be covered on the day they happened.
The front page has a one column heading: "HINDENBURG CROSSES OCEAN, CIRCLES CITY" with subhead. Text includes: "The German dirigible Hindenburg....passed over New York City this afternoon on her way to the Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J., where she is due at 6 P. M."
Did the Hindenburg meet its end before the citizens read this report? The New York Times, the morning publication, had a small report inside which mentioned the airship was still out in the Atlantic the day before.
Complete in 52 pages, small library stamp on the front page, small binding holes at the blank spine, nice condition.
Category: The 20th Century
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